Capitaine Chevalle

Capitaine Chevalle (born c. 1690) was a French pirate who was the "Pirate Lord" of the Mediterranean Sea. Chevalle was nicknamed the "Penniless Frenchman", and he dressed in a stolen blonde wig and aristocratic clothing; Chevalle plundered several ships in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean aboard his ship Fancy.

Biography
Capitaine Chevalle was born in Marseille, the trade capital of the Kingdom of France, and he became a sailor. Nicknamed the "Penniless Frenchman", he resorted to piracy to make ends meet, attacking shipping in the Mediterranean Sea and trade ships from Montserrat and Haiti in the Caribbean; Chevalle was particularly known for his plundering of Spain's treasure fleets and the ships of his rival, Eduardo Villanueva. His crimes of piracy in French waters, an attempted robbery of the Swiss Bank, and the destruction of French property on land and sea led to Great Britain issuing a warrant for his arrest, with a 6,000 guinea reward for his captors. In 1746, he was captured by the Royal Navy and taken to Port Royal, Jamaica to be hanged, but the rope was sabotaged by Captain Jack Sparrow, who freed him from the British and asked him to come to meet with the Brethren Court to discuss uniting against the East India Company. Chevalle and his ship Fancy joined the pirate fleet that confronted the East India Company ship HMS Endeavour, and he celebrated with his men when Endeavour was sunk. Afterwards, he resumed his pirate activities.